Carriage ctjrtadt fastener



A. HUNT &-s. MERO, Jr. CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENER, I

No. 68,880. Patented Sept. 17, 186 7;

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Letters Patent 1V0. 68,880, dated September 17, 1307.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-CURTAINFASTBNER.

T0 A'LfrWHOM IT MAY-'CONGERN:

Be it known that we, ABEL Hour and Srmvcnn Mano, Jr., both of Gamdemiu the county of Knox, and State of Maine, have invented a new and improved Mode of Fastening and Unfastening the Curtains 'aml Coverings, which are made to fasten and unfasten at pleasure, on Chaises, Covered Carriages, and other covered vehicles, and other things; and we hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referenccmarked thereon, which make a part of this specification. y

Figure No. 1, A representssimply the part to which the curtain or covering is to be fastened, and to which the fastener is attached, or that part of it which is not connected with the curtain or covering. E represents the curtain or covering to be fastened. In E, at the point of fastening, is cut an oblong hole, of proper size and shape, to admit the knob 13. Surrounding said oblong hole, on both sides of the curtain or covering, are by rivets through both plates and the curtain or'covcring, and are of sufiicient size and strength to keep said hole in shape and prevent its wearing. 13 represents said knob, and is shaped oblong like and to fit said hole at the top, and has a base at its sides or ends, or. both, wide enough to admit the-screws or rivets H which fasten it to the part A; the top of said knob being longer than the bottom, that is, made to jut over on the righthand opposite the piece 0, in order to hold the curtain or covering secure when fastened or let down over it. Said knob has an oblong cavity extending lengthwise from the under.

side ofits base to near the top of the knob, and from this cavit tise narrower than the cavity, through to the left hand or upper from the top to the bottom of it, is cut a morend of the knob, and cxtcndinga. little further along at the base, so as to allow the piece 0 to playback andforth, as hereafter described; and into said cavity Frances"sprayer India rubber,6r'o'ther soft elastic s'iubstancc, andiuz'tdr'tn fira'n'd fili'it, except anarruw space next to said mortise. Then against said piece of rubber or other elastic substance is placed the piece 0, made of such shape as to nearly fill up the balance of said cavity and fit said mortise, and ofsuilicicnt width to make the part on the outside of'the mortise as wide as the jutting part of said knob. The shape of said part Cl is seen in figs. 4, 5, and 3, fig. 4, representing the lower end'at. the base of the knob. i

In Figure 3, F represents the lower end of said piece of rubber or other elastic substance, C the lowervend of said piece C, and G the base of the knob; and G in fig. 1 represents said base. The outside part of the piece 0 is also represented by C in fig. 2. It will be seen that C on the inside of said cavity is flanging, which keeps it in place. The upper right-hand end of said jutting part of said knob is rounded at little to let the curtain or covering over it the more easily.-

AlLparts of this fastener above described, including said plates D, except said piece of rubber or other elastic substance to be placed in said cavity, may be made of any kind of metal, composition,- or other hard or such size and strength as occasion may require. Fig. No. 1 represents the fastener when attached to the parts to be fastened, and ready for use.

To fasten the curtain or covering with the above fastener, place the upper or left-hand end of saidoblong hole in E, as seen in the drawing, against the upper or left-hand side of said part 0, and press against it till the lower or right-hand endwill shut down over said jutting part of said knob, and then the piecc'G will be forced back to its original position by said rubber orother elastic substance, and the curtain or covering is fastened and secure. To unfasten it, pull the upper end of said hole against said piece 0 till the other end can be let up over said jutting part of the knob. i

The advantages and improvements of the above mode of fastening curtains and other coverings of covered carriages and 'other covered vehicles and other things over all other known modes, are, that the fastening and unfastening is much more easily done, the curtain or covering morc secure. when fastened,.thc fastener itself more durable than any other, not so likely to get out of repair as others, so much wear and tear of curtains or coverings as by any other mode of our said invention Carriage-Curtain-Fastener."

What we claiin as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, arc-- The construction, arrangement, and combination of thcparts B, O, D, F, G, and II, as represented in the several figures/on the drawing. i

fastening and unfastening. We call ABEL HUNT, SPENCER MERO, JR.

Witnesses:

D. H. BISBEE, Hrs/nu Bass.

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